Bandage binder clip



Jan. 18, 1938. E. FREIBERG BANDAGE BINDER CLI? Filed Aug. 26, 1937 g mm l A w@ M i Patented Jan. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES T @FFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a bandage binder or clip, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a clip or clasp adapted to be secured to each end of an elastic strip used to readily secure gauze and other bandages over wounds, said clips having each a frame, the bars of which are of substantially semi-circular cross-section to provide a groove into which the pointedwarts or the sharp ridge of a metal plate formed with one l 0f the frame bars of the clasp are engaging and clamping the material of the elastic strip when said metal plate is bent upon the strip to hold the ends of the strip securely and non-displaceably on the clip.

l Another object of my invention is the provision of a binder or clip for bandages which is of a simple and inexpensive construction, yet durable and highly efficient in use.

Bandage fasteners formed from a ilat strip of o metal provided with hooks and having a clamping leaf projecting from the frame of the metal strip, and overlying the prongs projecting at right angles from the metal strip are known, however, these fasteners have the disadvantage, that they are comparatively complicated and therefore expensive and inconvenient to use while lacking in firmness so as to cause the bandages to slip and thus contribute to irritations of the wounds or the like.

It is the object of my invention to provide a bandage clip avoiding these disadvantages by providing the clamping plate or leaf with a plurality of pointed warts or a sharpened ridge intermediate the ends or sides thereof which, when said plate is bent down upon the ends of the elastic strip, will rrnly press the material of the strip into the groove of the frame bar of the clasp by a simple and convenient operation and will hold the elastic strip firmly to the clasp or vice versa.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds and will then be specically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part oi this disclosure:

Fig. l illustrates the application of the bandage binder constructed according to my invention to a wound dressing upon the wrist.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one clasp member of the binder on a somewhat enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a rear View of one of the clasp members also on a somewhat enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of a clasp member of a modied construction, also somewhat enlarged.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

As illustrated, the clasp members I0 and II are attached to the elastic strip I2 to hold the ends of a bandage I3 in their overlapping posi- 5 tion.

Each of the clasp members comprises a substantially rectangular frame I4, the bars of which are substantially semi-circular in cross-section, as indicated at I5, to form grooves I6. A plate 10 or leaf I'I is made integrally with the lower frame bar and can be bent upon the rear face of the lower frame bar. The outer face of the leaf plate carries a plurality of sharp or pointed prongs or teats I8 adapted to engage the mate- 15 rial of the elastic strip I2 and press the same into the groove I6 of the respective clasp member to thus securely hold the same to the end of the strip. Prongs I9, 2G are formed with the edges of the frame bar oppositely disposed to the bar having the plate formed therewith and are rearwardly bent so as to readily engage the material of the bandage.

In themodied form of my invention illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the plate or leaf 2l is 25 provided at its inner face with a longitudinally extending ridge 22 adapted to be pressed into the material of the strip 23 and to press the same into the groove 24 of the clasp member 25 also having prongs 26 formed at its rear bar opposite 3o to the leaf 2l and adapted to engage the material of the bandage I3.

In use the binder will be securely fastened by means of the clasp or clip members, particularly their prongs to the bandage and when then the 35 leaves or plates of the clip members are bent upon the ends of the elastic strip, their teats or ridges will securely and firmly press the material of the strip into the grooves of the clasp members so that these ends cannot become loose 40 or displaced while a simple rearward bending of the leaves or plates will suiice to release the strip for the removal of the bandage.

Thus, the simple operation of the leaf or plate of each clasp member will firmly attach the ends 45 of an elastic strip thereto or vice versa, while the prongs embedded into the bandage will hold the same with its overlapping ends securely t0 a wound without danger of displacement.

It will be understood, that I have described and 50 shown the preferred forms of my invention only as one example of the many possible ways to practically construct the same, and that I may make such changes in its general arrangement and in the construction of the minor details 55 frame when said plate is bent upon said band, vand a means to secure said binder to a bandage.

2. A bandage binder clip comprising a substan` tially rectangular frame the barsof-,which have semi-circular cross-section to form grooves, a leaf or plate connected toone of the side bars of said frame adapted to be bent out of the plane of said frame, a longitudinally extending ridge formed with said plate adapted to press the material of an elastic band into the groove of said frame bar When said plate is bent upon said band, and a means to secure said binder to a bandage.

3. In a bandage binder clip as described, a substantially rectangular frame made from material substantially semi-circular in cross-section so as to form a marginal groove, a plate adapted to be bent at the point of its connection with the frame out of the plate of same and provided with means zzo-operating With the groove to clamp an elastic band to said frame, and a pair of prongs formed with said frame normally bent Ydovvnupon the same at the outer corners for securing said clip to a bandage.

ERNEST FREIBERG. 

